MAYBE THERES HOPE FOR THE BLACK MAN

I don't know how many of you are fans of abc's Extreme Makeover:Home Edition I myself am not a fan but was directed by a friend to watch last nights two hour season finale. Since I spent last night out at the WWE'S judgement day with my wrestling fanatic nephews I decided to DVR it and watch it this morning.  Now those of you who know me know that I am not the most emotional person around but I got a little teary eyed watching this episode. The recipient of this weeks makeover was a single father of three boys Bernard Mcfarland of Indianapolis, Indiana.  Bernard is also a mentor to many children in the community through his pack2000 club/group he takes the children out of the "hood" and encourage them to to broaden their horizons and dream big.  The thing that struck me about this story was a positive black man raising three other positive black men. Often times its so easy to forget that there are balck men being great fathers, being great role models and this show was the perfect reminder. Another thing that stood out to me was the fact that this neighborhood was literally falling apart with abandoned homes and trash everywhere but when the crew took time to speak to the owners of some of these dilapidated homes they were some of the most eloquent  people ever yet they simply don't have the means for the up keep of their property. Back to Bernard and his family when I saw him and his children these three young well spoken black men who not only wore clothes that were the right size and not hanging off their ass but had their shirts tucked in. Who it appeared were not affected by this urban you must be a thug mentally despite their surroundings I couldn't help but think to myself Oh my God there maybe hope for the black man. Let's hope that there are more Bernard Mcfarlands out there raising great young men. Later Peoples

HAPPY SUMMER

Well it's about that time people. Time to hit the road or in my case fly the friendly skies.  The summer vay-k season is upon us and my first of several planned destinations this year is Orlando,Florida. So tomorrow me an 5 of my good friends will be flying out there to hit up the amusement parks and we have a little golf bet(Dylan bring ya wallet). Anyway this post is me just wishing everyone a happy and safe summer vay-k.  Later peoples

Don't Sleep on Elliot Yamin

Yesterday Ciara released her Fantasy Ride and Chrisette Michele released Epiphany(which I love) but what could possibly be the strongest cd released yesterday is Elliot Yamins Fight for Love.  Fight for love is one of those cd's you can put on and just ride to there's no need to skip over any of the songs the cd just flows well. His delivery is flawless I don't know if he has gone through a breakup recently but you feel as if hes speaking to someone. The cd is in no way monochromatic one moment you may be reflective or feel like crying and the next you'll be ready to dance. I in no way am an authority on the music biz but im just saying don't sleep on Elliot Yamin. Some tracks I LOVE are Fight for love, you,apart from me, cold heart, know better, this step alone, how do i know, don't be afraid and my absolute fav is someday. Just listen to the whole cd  LOL. Later peoples.

I was asked to explain what being an optimistic pessimist means to me. Quite simply to me its  being an realist or an logical person. Its realizing that there are going to be both good and bad times and accepting and embracing both. I am a person who is often identified  by others as being a pessimist because my f initial reaction in most situations is to identify if  the negative. As I like to say though it is often times easier to identify the negative simply because in most situations it is that that is glaring or thats being presented to you. For me the optimisim comes because despite the fact that the negativity may be all around I am willing to search for the positivity that is being veiled. So if you are  a person who has the ability to trudge through negativity and seek out the positive in all situations you too are an optimistic pessimist.